Dean Wows DNC
Presidential candidate and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean wowed the crowd at the DNC winter meeting with his hard-left rhetoric. Dean seems to have performed remarkably well with Democratic crowds so far (if you watch C-SPAN’s Road To The White House on Sundays, you’ve seen him in action.)
John Kerry is clearly the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination; but, in my opinion, the person most likely to beat him isn’t Joe Lieberman (too hawkish, too soporific), John Edwards (too callow, too ambulance-chaser), Dick Gephardt (too blonde, too bland) or Bob Graham (too crazy, too grandfatherly.) The person most likely to beat Kerry for the nomination is Howard Dean. It’s easy to see Dean becoming the darling of the liberal press and carrying Iowa, with its Democratic caucus peaceniks, and making a strong showing in New Hampshire, which is next door to his home state. Good results in the first two states in the primary should more than make up for his relative lack of name ID. As for money, the fact that he has endorsements from Rob Reiner and Martin Sheen should help with fundraising from Hollywood.
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